Lobbying efforts jump $5 million in 2015-16 session, hitting $62.7 million

Outside groups spent $62.7 million trying to influence the state Capitol in the 2015-16 session, $5 million more than they dropped on those efforts in the previous two-year period, according to a WisPolitics.com check of lobbying reports. The increase was driven in part by the first six months of the previous session, when the state budget dragged into early July. Also a driver was the last six mo...